Monday, September 13, 2010

This might be a new Monday thing since I flea market every weekend and I like show and tell a lot - not in a weird way, just in a 'look at my pretty things' kinda way......which is actually kinda weird now that i think about it.

I love me a landscape watercolor. You know it. $20 and about 10x14"

Ethereal, moody yet totally in my color palette and with a ton of age and character.

I shall frame promptly.

Check out these bad-boys. They are old brass English measurers for whey or hops for english beers. They are hand-welded and totally imperfect. I love that they have a modern silhouette, and act as a grouping of sculptures, but are old and could be functional as well.

They will go either in my shelving or just on a console as a grouping. If i feel crazy i might just put branches in the tallest one. who knows. i'm totally unpredictable when it comes to foliage.

looky at the little stamped measuring details on all of them. these were $90 for the six. I know. it was a splurge but I love them very much. They catch the light so perfectly and make a huge statement without being gaudy.

I love an extendable lamp, $30. From the 70's. In brass. Lord how I am obsessed with the 70's.

Perhaps its because I was made in the 70's.

Does that make me vintage?

Wait, does anyone know the guy at the L.A. flea markets that was a hoarder and now is trying to get better so he is selling everything, but before he sells each item he takes a picture of you with it?

he's awesome. And then he hoards the picture. I'm not kidding, which actually makes a lot more sense.

I find it so strange, but incredibly sweet at the same time. I imagine him just flipping through the pictures on a Saturday night, reminiscing on each glass bottle or silver pencil cup, hoping that it has a good home now and fantasizing that they will meet again.

I thought he wanted a picture of me because of DS and SFAS, but nope, he had no idea who i was (as it should be), just wanted one last memento of his lamp.

Let me know if you guys are into Flea Market Find Mondays.

I always like to know what people are buying so i can either scoff at them or envy them, but if you guys don't have the same neurosis, then i won't subject you to mine.

Yup, me too. Love the idea of seeing your finds. Weirdly enough, I get almost as much joy seeing what others find, and especially what they do with their finds. I am so loving that lamp, wishing I had it above my bed for reading.

Oh such fabulous finds! Wish I was in Southern Cal just for the flea markets! Love the watercolor. And I have never seen anything like the measures - see why you picked them up! Also, I agree with the above statement...please keep sharing!!!

i do this a little on my blog too, for flea markets + big thrifting trips: "what caught my eye, what made me do a double take, + what came home" like - here: http://jessicafulkerson.blogspot.com/2010/07/cannot-describe-universe-with-any.html- here: http://jessicafulkerson.blogspot.com/2010/07/erase-in-one-gesture-two-days-of-work.html- and here: http://jessicafulkerson.blogspot.com/2010/08/lack-of-concord-or-harmony-between.html

Lady, I am digging this feature. But I have to know: do you do the same flea markets every weekend? Or do you mix it up? I am trying to find the right flea-ing sched, because obviously too often and you've seen it all already, and not often enough and you are missing the good stuff. We need your expertise. Teach us, sensei.

Love the idea for Flea Market Find Mondays! I have been wanting to go to the Pasadena Flea Market since I moved here (I just moved from utah with my husband). Maybe I'll run into you one time! :) PS If you ever need an intern for anything than blogging (I have blogged for years, but don't know the techie part of it) but im an avid thrifter and love design (my mom was an interior designer) I would love to help! I'll run your freaking errands for you! :) I live in Orange County so I am close!

Yes, I'm loving the Flea Market Monday idea too! I'm always curious what other people (especially chic designer celebrity types like yourself) are buying and bringing home. I'd love to hear more flea market tips, tricks and how you barter too. I just scored some cool wooden shoe lasts and vintage camera at the Santa Monica flea market two weekends ago. I wish we could all show and tell! Can't wait to see what else you pick up next week!

i fleamarketed like crazy this weekend! 2 on W 25th, Hell's Kitchen and UWS Green Flea. i suppose i'm not crazy in comparison with some other people... I got an old drawer that used to belong to Yawman & Erbe fishing reel company, a stainless steel mesh purse, a number of postcards, and a map of the world in 1883 during the age of New Imperialsim. this chica is happy.

would you suggest custom framing the map? it's 26 x 17''... not a regular size.

I miss the Rose Bowl Flea Market sooooo much. I bought the coolest stainless steel dresser that used to be used in San Deigo hospitals. It has a million coats of chipping paint on it and someday I have plans to have it stripped and poly'd to it's original steel finish.

I'm lovin' Flea Market Mondays! I've never been good at picking stuff out that can actually be used. You have no idea how your photos and thoughts inspire me to do better at these things! You totally make me smile!

I love flea market monday! This past Sunday was Coburg oregons anual antique fair. Over 100 vendors displaying all thier goods. I got a great little table snd mirror. I even didn't mind walking them home, in turns, 4 blocks. I thought of you while I was there and thought, "Emily would love this!"

Those brass English measures -at first, I thought they were gigantum bullet/missle castings? ;D.... They're soo worth the splurge esp. in a grouping like that! I've seen just the tallest -somewhere in the East coast, for the same price verses the set! That lamp is just waay too cool!!

Yes, I love the Flea Market Mondays idea! You should try going to the Long Beach Flea Market next time. It is mostly the same vendors as the Rose Bowl but the prices are much cheaper. It happens one week after the Rose Bowl. I love seeing what other people buy at flea markets.

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Prop stylist during the day, cuddle monster at night. Originally from Portland, lived in New York for 7 years and now living in L.A. where i feed my shopping addiction daily working on editorial, catalogue and advertising photography.